Snagproof shoe



June 8,1926. 1,587,720

P. GIBEAU SNAGPROOF SHOE Filed April 10, 1924 2 sheets-Sheet 1 5 uve nto@ June 8 1926. 1,587,720

P; GIBEAU SNAGPROOF SHOE Filed April l0, 1924 2 Sheets-Shea?l 2 Ue M/m Patented Juno 8, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIPPE GIBEAU, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

SNAGPROOF SHOE.

Application :filed April' 10, 1924. Serial No. 705,638.

The invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of boots and shoes, and articularly to such articles designed for ard usage, as boots and shoes for the use of log ers and the like.

Xperience has demonstrated that with boots and shoes designed for loggers, provision must be made for protecting the usual seams to avoid undue strain or wear thereon under conditions of use peculiar toV the logger. For example, when a logger is walking along the lengthwise surface of a fallen tree or log, the outside of the foot is Ion a lower plane than the inside, and on slipping, the inside of the shoe slides down against the surface of the log, and if there are seams on the inside of the shoe or if these seams open downwardly, the project-- ing portion of the material is caught on the log and worn or the seam opened.

4 Another principal source of wear in loggers shoes or boots is the constant ripping of seams by forwardly disposed projections of such seams being brought intol contact with obstructions in the path of the wearer while walking.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a vertical sectional view of a shoe constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same viewed from the inner side of the shoe.

Fig. 3 is a development of the upper.

Fig. 4 is a development of the lining of the vamp.

Fig. 5 is a development of the counter.

Fig. 6 is a development of the tongue. Fig. 7 is a development of the wedge strip.

With particular reference to Fig. 3, wherein the upper is shown as an integral member, l represents the vamp with 2 the inside portion of the vamp, and 3 the outside portion of t-he vamp with respect to the right foot. The outside portion 3 is divided to form a line of division 4, to receive the edge 5 in forming up the upper.

A lining 6 is provided which after the upper is formed in shape, is cemented in place on the interior of the upper, this lining having a tongue 7 which remains free when the lining is secured in place. A supplemen tal tongue 8 is adapted to be secured to the short tongue 7 of the lining 6, this supplemental tongue 8 being also stitched or se cured to the vamp l. A tongue 9 is secured on the supplemental tongue 8 and the edge of the tongue is secured to the edge of the inside of the vamp of the shoe. The leg portion of the upper on the outer side is then cutaway on a V formation and the usual wedge l() inserted to give the necessary width to the upper at this point.

It is to be particularly noted that on the inside portion or face of the shoe there is no seam to be opened or worn by the contact with logs or trees, as hereinbefore described, while the sea-ms appearing on the upper do not open or present should-ers in the forward direction, hence the wear of obstructions met while walking does not tend to wear these projections or open the seams.

It will be observed that in shaping the upper, the end edge 5 seats within the division 4 and the forward portion of this line division overlaps the edge 5. The shoulder thus formed opens rearwardly and its edge projects rearwardly7 while at the same time the extension of this division 4 in the upper permits the formation of the usual blucher type of shoe.

A counter 11 is secured on the inner sur face of the heel quarter extending from the rear around to the juncture of the division 4 in the outside quarter 3.

Claim:

A shoe upper blank including a single piece of material providing a full upper and vamp aside from a wedge piece, a wedge piece incorporated with said single piece of material to complete the upper blank, said single piece of material being formed with a line of division designed when the piece is folded into shoe form to provide the upper and vamp and to be connected on the line of division to complete the vamp, a lining secure to the inner side of the vamp and having an integral tongue, a supplemental tongue secured to said tongue and to the vamp, and another tongue secured to the supplemental tongue and to the edge of the vamp.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

PHILIPPE GIBEAU. 

